TOUGH

Jennifer Zheng‘s of Moth Studios, directs this BAFTA-nominated animated short about childhood cultural misunderstandings between her and her Chinese mother.

Some things can only be understood with maturity. New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British born daughter speak as adults for the first time.

With an original score by K. Preston Merkley

AWARDSBAFTA Nominated Animated Short Film 2017Best Animated Documentary at KLIK Amsterdam 2016Audience choice for Best Animated Doc. at LIAF 2016Jury Award Best Short Film at 10th British Film, Berlin 2017RTS London Awards, Best Undergraduate Animation 2017RTS National Award for best Undergraduate Animation 2017FANtastische Award at ITFS 2017Best Director, Short Doc. at the LA Asian Pacific Fest. 2017